412, Lot: 990. Estimate $300. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 710-765. AR Sceatt (11mm, 1.06 g). Series P. Mint in east Anglia(?). Double cross ancrée with pellets in three quarters, annulet in one quarter / ‘Standard’ with saltire and trefoils of pellets within double beaded square. Abramson & Bonser fig. 8; Abramson 13.160; SCBI 63 (BM), –; SCBC 833A. VF, toned, some porosity. Extremely rare.

From the Dr. JDR Collection. Ex Vecchi 15 (15 June 1999), lot 1725.